Busy busy. Again.

I seem to have written that as a blog title before now. Am reaching white heat hectic-ness (which I love - who doesn't really) of juggling uni and film/TV and musical theatre careers simultaneously. Plate spinning metaphors spring to mind. Suffice to say am busy and will remain so for the foreseeable so the blogs may become scant-er. But great to be working for a fab music department and with a fab fellow composer Richard Blair Oliphant.

Wedding in cornwall

Just got back after driving just under 5oo miles in two days. I went down yesterday morning to the breathtakingly beautiful Prussia Bay in Cornwall, close to Penzance to see my friend Jimmy Hay marry Sara. It was a beautiful wedding - very emotional - and good to see a number of old friends, including Jimbo Gillingham who gave a riotously funny Best Mans speech. On the way back today it has become clear that my car is in serious trouble - sounding very ill. Time to take it for a service methinks.

New Website!

My New website is launched!

www.andrewfishermusic.com

Many thanks to Matthew Milnes who designed it, Tony Reeves who helped with the content and Richard Barr for taking the photos.

Photo shoot

Today I had the comparatively new experience (for someone not used to it) of having my picture taken. A lot. It was a shoot for new professional pics for website/ headshot/professional etc purposes. As someone who is fully reconciled to my composing career having very little to do with how I physically look, it took a bit of time to get over my severe self consciousness, but in the end I actually rather enjoyed it all, and this was entirely due to my photographer Richard Budd (www.richardbudd.co.uk) was was utterly terrific. He was a real pro, put me completely at my ease, and may have managed to achieve a feat I had thought hitherto unfathomable - make me look half decent on film. I would strongly recommend him to anyone. I'll put the pics up on my new website...

Thanks very much, Richard.

ooooops

Yeeeeesh. Am painfully and shamefully (it half- rhymes!) aware of disgraceful neglect on my part on my bloggage since... ye gods... Oct 2010!?. He he. Sheepish grin. I did try once or twice but had trouble logging in (lame lame lame excuse). I've been reaaaaally busy. No excuses. Fail.

It actually HAS been a v busy year work-wise - additional composition on a couple of Discovery channel series, and workshopping a new musical - Dido Queen of Carthage, which I will be showcasing on Saturday 14th September at 3pm at the Soho theatre, directed by my great friend Tim Ford, and starring the incredible Olivier nominated actress and singer Emma Williams, who has been a joy to work with.

There are also some other projects in the offing, so work promises to keep me honest. I will ry much harder and blog more regularly, I promise. Hope my (one? two?) readers are well.

Busy busy busy

Ooops. Just realised that I have not blogged for many months. Yeesh. Which is a sign of ultra-busy busy-ness which I have been experiencing since mid September. Lots of ongoing uni work at the moment (marking, prep, admin) combined with composing music for a new project, which is fun but leaving time for little else.

My work/life balance has recently become rather skewed and I am just realising that I will need to re-read my 'time management for complete idiots' before my ambitious food baby takes over the world. I went for a jog today and the fresh air hurt my skin. A bad sign. What's happening to me?! And since when did I start to sound like that character from Dostoyevsky's Notes From the Underground?! Argh. Time to count my blessings.... of which there are many.

One wedding, One funeral, and 10 million hits

Cough! Splutter! Sneeze! Self pitying whimper. August has been a BUSY old time of bits "n" pieces.... My Grandfathers' funeral for a start, which given being a difficult time for the whole family, at least reminds one of what DOES matter in life and what doesn't. It has been good to become re-acquainted with a number of cousins, some I hadn't seen for nearly 20 years!

THis was shortly followed by my doing Best Man duties at my best friend Simon and Sabri's Wedding in London. Didn't lose the rings, and acquitted the speech I think okay - many lovely people said lovely things afterwards, more than politeness called for. Simon's family is truly wonderful - so obliging, welcoming and generous.

Shortly after that I have developed a truly spectacular summer cold which has given me a hacking cough, and truly virulent sneezes, so am drugged up on Lemsip and sipping hot ribenas. Therefore pleased to lift my spirits with the discovery the the Tome and Jerry clip has now passed 10 million hits on you tube and reached No 6 in the all time UK most popular Youtube chart for animation. Otherwise I have three different musicals on the go and a uni term to prepare for. And I really ought to take that weeks holiday before I burn out properly....